East Asian Security (DIP 750)
Spring 2007
Wednesday 3:30pm-6:00pm
Dr. Robert M. Farley
Office: Patterson 467
Office Hours: Wednesday, 1-3pm
Office Telephone: 859-257-4668
E-mail: farls0@gmail.com
Introduction
The political geography of the East Asian region has
been transformed over the last two hundred years, a process that continues
today. The growing importance of
Format
Student discussion will take up the bulk of class
time. I expect everyone to attend, have
studied the readings, and have a familiarity with current events. Any major reputable newspaper will suffice
for the latter, although I prefer the New York Times.
Grading
Grading will be based on class participation (20%), two
6-8 page papers (30% each) and one final examination (20%).
Each of the two 6-8 page papers must be typed and
double-spaced. Please do not exceed the
page limit. Although specific topic is
up to you, one paper should have a regional focus, while the other should
concentrate on a particular nation-state.
The papers need not hold to any particular
format (policy oriented memo, for example), but should be internally consistent
in focus. Additional research is welcome,
and may be necessary for the adequate presentation of some topics. The first paper is due on the week of your
presentation (see below), and the second on the final day of the course.
You are required to present and defend one paper
during class. You must indicate to me a
preference for which week to present by the second week of the course, such
that I can stagger presentations. The presentation should
last about fifteen minutes, and will be followed by a fifteen minute question
and answer period. The presentation will make up 50% of your
participation grade, or 10% of the total grade.
The papers will be evaluated on both content and
presentation. Information must be
accurate, arguments well thought out, and style compelling.
Class Materials
Purchase of the following books is recommended, but
not required.
Week 1 (1/11): Introduction
Week 2 (1/18): Theoretical Debates and Historical Overview
Robert Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics,1-105.
Week 3 (1/25): Theoretical Debates and Historical Overview
Robert Gilpin,
War and Change in World Politics, 106-210.
Robyn Lim. The
Geopolitics of
Week 4 (2/1):
David
M. Lampton, “The Faces of Chinese Power” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007
An Emerging China’s Emerging Grand Strategy: A Neo-Bismarckian
Turn?, Avery Goldstein, in Ikenberry
Week 5 (2/8):
Kenneth
Lieberthal, “Preventing a War over Taiwan”, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2005
Andrew Erickson and
Andrew Wilson, “China’s Aircraft Carrier Dilemma” Naval War College Review, Autumn 2006.
Week 6 (2/15):
Institutionalized
Inertia: Japanese Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World, William Grimes, in
Ikenberry
Sources of American-Japanese Economic Conflict, Robert Gilpin, in
Ikenberry
Ambiguous
Week 7 (2/22):
Kent
E. Calder, “China and Japan’s Simmering Rivalry”, Foreign Affairs March/April
2006
Week 8 (3/1):
Arms Control Today, North Korea Nuclear Test Focus , November
2006.
Week 9 (3/8): ASEAN: Diplomatic and Military Cooperation
*Amitav Acharya, “The Evolution of ASEAN Norms and the Emergence
of the
Socialization in International Institutions: The
Week 10 (3/22): ASEAN: Military Challenges
Joshua
H. Ho, The Security of Sea Lanes in Southeast Asia,
Asian Survey August 2006.
Heginbotham,
Eric. "The Fall and Rise of Navies in East Asia: Military
Organizations, Domestic Politics, and Grand Strategy." International
Security
27, no. 2
(2002): 86-125.
Richard A.
Bitzinger, “Come the Revolution”, Naval War College Review, Autumn
2005
Eric A.
McVadon, China’s Maturing Navy, Naval War College Review, Spring
2006
Week 11 (3/29):
Ashton
Carter, “America’s New Strategic Partner?” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006
C.
Raja Mohan, “India and the Balance of Power” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006
John Garver, Protracted
Contest, 3-31, 79-109, 313-390
Week 12 (4/5):
The Brookings
Institute: The Future of Russian Energy Policy, November 2006
Week 13 (4/12): War on Terror
Chien-peng
Chung, “China's "War on Terror”: September 11 and
Uighur Separatism.” Foreign Affairs. 81(4) (July-August 2002), pp.
Joshua Kurlantzick, “
Current History,
vol. 102, no. 668 (December 2003), 432-439
Week 14 (4/19): Overview I
Hierarchy and Stability in Asian International Relations, David
Kang, in Ikenberry
Identity and the Balance of Power in
Power and Purpose in Pacific
David
Kang. “Getting Asia Wrong,” International Security
Vol. 27, No. 4, Spring 2003, pp.57-85
Week 15 (4/26): Overview II
Economic Interdependence and the Future of US-Chinese Relations,
Dale Copeland, in Ikenberry
States, Markets, and Great Power Relations in the Pacific: Some
Realist Expectation, Jonathan Kirshner, in Ikenberry
Samuel S. Kim, “Regionalization and Regionalism” Asian Studies,
Vol. 4 (2004), pp. 39-67